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nR. T. +. LOCKE,
~ SURGEON DENTIST.
OFFICE: Main St., opp. the Court House,
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA.
Teeth extracted by the improved meth
cd, perfectly harmless to the most delicate
persons. Artificial teeth inserted in any
manner desired. Special attention given
TO filling teeth with gold or any Of the
cheaper Filings.
Will visit Edinburg regularly on the lst
and 3rd Tuesdays of each month, at which
tine he can be found at the residence of
Mr. Joseph Evans, opposite Hopewelps
drug store. lJuly 10, Sly
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lam OUT AGAIN.

All persons having stumps on their
premises that they want taken out, OF
farms cleaned, will do well to call on OI
address A. NJ. EVANS,
aug. 12-3m. Edinonrg, va
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Bill NTG'S RGIl!l!SCGnC9
AS COMMITTEEMAN OF A RECENT
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRA-
TION.

In the summer of'77 | was on the
committee chosen at q meeting OF
our citizens "tO make arrangements
/ for the proper observation OF the
regular national day which marks
the onward march of freedom"
We selected a proper place, hired
lumber enough to make seats, with
pitch on it to insure the audience
staying through the overture we
secured a slender, long-waisted
Texas shoat named Phallas to act
as CREASED pig, hired a band from
"town," got young woman with a
tall head and a twenty-Ounce pip
pin Adams apple to read the Dec
Iaration of independence, and then
we began to cast about us for a
good, strong.voiced orator who
would remain tolerably sober till
he had made his speech. We look
ed the ground over pretty well, and
at last decided to call Col. Braley,
of the Sage Hen ranch. ] call him
Col. Braley because it suits my
purpose better to call him Col
Braley. The gentleman to whom
| refer is still alive, and | would
like to be also. Therefore | call
him Col. Braley.
We wrote to the Col. a pleasant
note, iu which we referred to his
genial manners, his great popnlari-
ty and his good sense upon mat
ters that would naturally interest
the people of our 'iion. We told
him that it was tue general wish
that he would favor us on that
occasion, and we hoped for an ear
~ and satisfactory reply. In two
DAYS we received the following, as
well as am able to recall it at this
date:
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A q. wYNKOOP,
AFRO NEY At Law,
Office formerly occupied by AHen and
MdgrRder.
WOODSTOCK VA,
wiiipfactice in the courts Of Shenandoah and
aaheent counties.
~ special attention given TO the collection Of
Slams and Allegal lbusinessen ntrustedto his careS
WILL uKIN Mt. JAoKsoE on Friday and satur-
isy, before the End Tuesday Of zach month. AZ
5f. L. Il. Jordan's once.
May 10, 'o4-tf.
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The "Great Eastern"

The huge steamship, which might
have been christcned "Brunels folly"
is at last going to be put to the work for
which she was originally intended
namely, the Austrian trade; but not
before she has undergone an important
metamorphosis. She is to have her pad :
dies removed and to trust to her screw
propeller alone. She is, moreover, to
have her engine power enormously in
creased, so as to be able to do twenty
knots an hour. There is no reason why
she should not do this. In spite of he.'
enormous bulk she is vessel of beautiful
lines, and to the day of his death was the
pride of her designer, Mr.. Scott Russell.
Only a short time before his death 1
heard Mr.. Scott Russell express his con-
flence in the future of the great ship
which had been conceived by Brunei
and executed by himself, notwithstand-
ing that she hid then for nearly twenty
years been colossal failure. The "Great
Eastern" will probably occupy a pcrma-
nent place in the worlds history as the
biggest ship ever built, but some of the
large: Atlantic liners do not fiji! so cry
fl 5 iOr. cr ! $: e. -. njiJ: IRE
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to S4.sS proportionately. For an illus
tration of the single pilots frequently
single earnings for his company, a ves-
sci of 20 feet draught may be con-
sidered. The ''inward pilotage" would
be $500, and the outward" $61.6O.
To this added by law-though ships
agents latterly refuse its payment-an
outward "off-shore" pilotage, or fee
for pilotage from outside the Sandy
Hook lighthouse fifteen-mile limit, and
like ''off;shore7 outward Hpilotage, of
$2O.65. So that during the summer
months the total pilotage of a 20-foot
draught vessel from off-shore points to
deep sea again may reach $1S5.5O, which
sum, from November to April, is in
creased about per cent
The most Distinguishing features of
New York pilot boats are their strength
and seaworthiness. They are not built
for beauty, no more than are their owners
remarkable for that quality. But like
their owners. they are staunch and sturdy
beyond comparison. They are built low
in the water; average about fifty tons
burthen; are two-mastcd, schooner
rugged craft, carrying all sails; and have
speed of from eleven to thirteen knots
an hour under stilf breeze. The smallest
boat in the service is the Enchantress,
thirty tons, and the largest the Alex. NJ.
Lawrence, eighty seven tons burthen;
and those not out at sea generally make
anchorage in the harbor over against the
eastern shore of Staten Island, and op
posite, off Bay Ridge, by the pleasant
Long Island bluffs. Nesting here, with
furled sails, and occasionally with colors
flying, with everything trim and taut for
instant service, they form one of the
prettiest and certainly the most sugges-
tive pictures of the many interesting
groupings of this, the noblest of the
worlds great harbors.
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The Loss OF Memory.

The are a few cases recorded of total
loss of memery, usually following a
deep and prolonged (unnaturaD sleep OF
severe accident, such as conclusion of
the brain, almost drowning. etc. In one
or two of these the personal identity has
been completely lost, so that on recovery
the victim lost all remembrance of name,
family, friends, localities and mental ac'
ouisitions. They were in the condition,
so far as knowledge OF any kind was con-
cerned, of the new born child. In some
of these re-education was successfully at
tempted and new memory formed. but
the old was never regained. In others,
a larger number than those just men.
toned, the forgctfulness was of only
temporary duration. After few weeks
or months all that was before known
was regaincd in an instant and the pro-
cess of rc-cducation was no longer
needed. There are numerous instances
of the memory being lost of all that had
occurred for hours, days, weeks, or even
months, Immediately preceding serious
accident in which the brain had suffered
conclusion. In these the memory rels-
tive to everything up to certain date
before the accident remains intact on re.
covering consciousness. - Globe Democrat.
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FIy Storms.

"You never heard of fly storm, did
you2' an old house painter asked of 9
New York Sun reporter. ~
The reporter hadn't.
"Well, reckon it will be new thing
for most people to hear of, but one comes
nearly every year at this season. The
storm began alb ,ut June l. 1t lasted Q
week. This pat of the country was
stocked with flies. I've studied fly storms
for forty years. It's mighty hard to tell
when one is coming. On general prln-
ciples you can say that it will follow
close on the first warm wave. When the
weather comes to stay then we have a fly
storm. Sometime, it is little previous,
but not often. When the first hy Storm
is at hand, a gardener can safely set out
his most delicate plants and seeds. There
will be no chilly weather after that. :.
"Whcn q fly storm is at hand you feel
the air moving as if funnel with bel
lows attachment was pointed at you.
The atmosphere grows suddenly thick.
Heaven help newly painted house
when that happens, especially if the
house is white. The storm tattoes it
completely with wrigglng black specks.
They are young flies. Most of them are
no larger than pin heads. They can't
get away from coat of fresh paint. II
had dollar for every fly that sticks to
the side of a freshly painted house ex-
posed to one of these storms. and right IN !,
its line, would almost be ready to
match my pile against Jay Gould's. In
about two seconds they will mark a
house so that one would think it could
never lie cleaned" .--.
"Does q fly storm worry housekeep-@
ers?"
"Well, should say 50. Many little
woman sits down and has good cry al
ter hy storm. 1t seems at first as If
there was nothing left to do bat paint the
house again. But like many things that
worry people, it seems great sight worse
than it is. The flies don't dry in with
the paint. After u few days most OF them
drop off. The rest go with the inst
good breeze or rain, leaving the house !.
perfectly clean. ,s
How do you account for the fly
storms2"
"Well, flies probably come just as oees
do. They find warm places to winter, and
in the spring turn their broods loose to
the wind, which carries them in clouds to
northern alighting places. They say that
a Queen bee lays 5000 eggs day. 1t
looks as though something like this must
happen with this kind of hy. If this Is
so, few families starting together on
southerlybreeze month after the breed
ing season begins would make quite
cloud. A fly storm always comes from
the South. I have seen houses after q
storm with their sides exposed to the
South black, and with not spcck on
any other side. Anybody who is curious
to know what fly storm is like can see
for himself almost any day just now when
there is warm breeze, if he watches a
newly painted, light-colorcd surface for
q little while about sunset. That is the
time of day the storm usually comes,
when the sun doesn't scorch the air"
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FACTS FOR The CURIOUS.

The first almanac was preparedby Reg.
iomontamus in 1474.
What is now Annapolis, Md, was or.
iginally damed Ann Arundel Town. The:
present name dates from 1895.
The first newspaper in England was
published in 1868. At that time Shakes.
peFe was twenty-four years of age.
A workman in vineyard in Napa VAL
ley, Cal, committed suicide by jumping
into cask of wine and drowning.
Wales was conquered by the Normans
who at that time ruled in England, in
1854, and was united to England In
1888.
Indian River, Florida, is said to be the
straightest in the world. A straight line
can be drawn through it for seventy-five
miles without touching shore. -
A Sturgis, (Mich. man. placed $TS in
greenbacks in his stove for safe keeping.
The usual result followed: his wife built
fire in the stove few days later and the
money was burned.
A new asparagus found in the steppes
of Akhal- -Tekhis, lately annexed by Rus
sia, is said to have stalks nearly as thick
as mans arm and growing to height
of five or six feet. In flavor it equals the
best cultivated varieties.
A Virginia paper relates that white
handkerchief folded in four layers was
placed over the face of a woman who
died lately in Lousia County, and when
it was removed there were four distinct
pictures of her on it, the size of a quarter
of q dollar. Spirits of camphor had been
put on the woman's face just before her
death.
There were five boys in the Widow
Hamby's family in Fayette County,
Georgia. Widower Stearns, wealthy
neighbor, had an equal number of girls.
The boys began marrying Stearnss
daughters, Notwithstanding his protests,
and kept it up until the last girl was
taken off her fathers hands. Then MIR.
Stearns hurried over to Widow Hamby's,
and putting her into his buggy drove to
Fayetteville, and completed the family;
union by marrying her. .'.,.s,
"Why is Liberty represented In the
form of a womanf" 1t was poetic fancy
of ancient sculptors and bards. the
Goddess of Liberty in the Aventinss
Mount was represented as holding in her
hand cap, the symbol of freedom: In
ancient mythology there was presiding
divinity over almost everything, and the;
vo!uptuous Greeks and Romans common
ly ascribed to females whatever admins
tered to human happiness and comfort.
Venus was the goddess of beauty, Dina
presided over the chase, Minerva person.
ated wisdom; the muses. were females,
and of course, the graces were, as well
as the fates. But it was keen little
piece Of satire on lovely woman when the
furies were elected from her sex.
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Girdles for Girls.

The girdie has grown to be a monstrous
fad with the girls, says New York cor
respondent of the 11yohaN This morn
ing, in an elevated car, I found myself
beside an acquaintance who has some
pretcncc to social position. Her slim
figure was cncirclcd by huge silver
girdlc, from one side of which dang!ed
forty-six little chains. At the end of
every chain was a 1rinkct We fell to
talking about them, and | looked them
over, while she chattcd about the history
of every one. There were fourteen Ro-
man coins, a latch-key, pcn-holdcr case,
vlnaigrctte, skating medal, button-hook,
glove -buttouer, silver address tablet, tiny
silver bon-bon box, corkscrew, a
miniature scimetar, a chatelainc watch,
small ox.dizcd iron parasol, which,
when opened, became fan, bullet with
Which she had killed a bear on her
brothers ranch, a card-caSc, a lock Of
hair in lO"ket, two miniatures, chain
purse, compass, small per-cutter, a
dozen odd trikets of every conceivable
shape, and a double -barrcled dog
whistle.
"Where did you collect them all2' I
asked.
"Everywhere," she said, with a shrug.
"Don't you find them troublesome"
ooh, no; they're vastly useful"
elbow so?"
the: supply subjects of conversation
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In 4 German Kitchen.

The German salon may disappoint us,
but the German kitchen is charming
surprise. 1t is in itself domestic poem
really the pretticst, most unique room
in the establishment. Small, bright, in
viting! The clean. painted floor, the
blue and white porcelain range; these
two items alone form basis of beauty
and cleanliness. a beauty and cleanliness
easily kept. 1t is not uncommon that
the floor is of stone or marble, laid in
pretty figures, and the frescocd ceilings
add their harmonious coloring. Above
the stoves are shelves for stove utensils !;
here the brass kettles, iron vessels,
ranged in order, are like classic orna-
ments. One can here easily adopt
Ruskin's theory that beauty lies in
utility. On rows of bright brass hooks
hang pitchers, mugs of all varying sizes,
from giant to dwarf. Think of it-in
some kitchens each hook is tied with a
little blue ribbon. Is it not pocm2
Esthetics in practical house!leeping2
Life here cannot be the drudgcry it is
usually thought. 1t is noble idel to
bring beauty into this sphere; and those
who must spend their days in a work
which seems so removed from the beauti-
full may still find brightness and beauty
in their surroundings. See how it
dignifes labor! What pride, self-respect,
pleasure are infused Berlin Lettsr.
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The Oil Well Business.

Statistics show that $4,000 wells have
been drilled in Pennsylvania and New
York since the discovery of petroleum,
at cost of 5000, 900, 900. These wells
have produced 31O, 900, 900 barrels of oil,
which were sold at the wells for $780,
900, 900. This represented a prof: to
the producer of $500, 100000. The
amount of oil exported is placed at
6, 231, 1Os, 923 gallons. In the pool in
Washington county alone $1,000, 900 has
been expended in machinery and drilling.
This does not include the many millions
that arc represented there in the natural
gas industry. Independent of the oil
business there is about $50, 900, 900 in
vested in natural gas plants in Pennsyl,
vania. These are majestic figures, and
serve to show the magnitude of the oil
and gas busincss.-ON City Derrick.
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The Cost of Gray Hair.

Since it became fashionable to be gray,
says the New York SIM, the price of real
gray hair has risen to enormous figures.
A hair-dresser in Sixth avenue recently
filled an order for one of his customers
for seven ounces of gray hair twenty
eight inches long, and the price was $100
an ounce, or 500 for the order. The
same amount and quality of light brown
hair would have cost about $50. The
high price is caused not only by the great
demand that has sprung up for gray hair,
but because good live gray hair is scarce.
1t is comparatively easy to secure scant,
short gray locks, but few heads yield the
beautiful pearl gray that is SO fashionable
when their owners grow old. The hair
falls out, leaving what remains thin and
ofpoor quality, or if it remains on the
head the ends turn yellow and fray.
The ordinary lengths of hair supplied
to order are from twenty to twcnty-eight
inches. Gray hair is not often found so
long, and, when it does grow that length,
the owner is usually found in that class
of society that takes too much pride in
its hair to sell it. 1t takes ten times as
long to fill an order for gray hair as for
the usual shades of brown. The head of
the largest hair house in this city said
that he would not undertake to fill gray
hair order to certainty within six
months, as he. would have to send to his
European correspondents to get the
goods. Almost all the live white hair
comes from Europe, the Swiss and Ital-
ians furnishing good share of it. They
are accustomed to CHASING hair with their
other crops, and to tending it with care,
with the final sale of it in view.
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THE CLEARING UP.

At dawn there was no shred Of pink,
No ploughing up in clouds of gold
OF that gray field, the eastern sky;
But dim defined, and white and cold,
The fog's wet wings blew here and there,
The plaintive rain-sounds filed the air.
And all the lettering morning hours,
And all the tagging afternoon,
We've watched the swift, answering Inns,
And listened to the mellow Groom;
But now the tidal turn is near
Some change pervades the atmosphere.
The Growing of barnyard fowl
Comes clear and shrin and jubilant,
Borne from some fences dripping top;
And broken is the silvery slant
OF slender, westward-driven threads
Across the reeking garden beds.
A breeze springs up brimful of scents
And essences all warm and wet,
OF savory herb and spicy weed,
And rose and pink and mignonette,
And rain STEPPED shrub and odorous root.
And mellow, over-ripened fruit.
From out white, dissolving cloud
An amber arrow of the sun
Comes flashing, quivering through the mists-
The rainy day is almost done.
The west grows pink, the earth grows fair,
And rain wrought freshness fills the air.
Hattie Whitney, in the Current.
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A School Tor Wives

"a Perfect Wife for e25" is the head
ing of an advertisement in an English
paper. 1t is issued by lady who is
going to start school for wives. In
these days of garish accomplishments
''the practical side of woman's nature"
is neglected. In the new academy it
will be developed. Girls who go there
will be INSTRUCTED in houscwifely du-
ties" The classes will consist of cookery,
dressmaking, physiology, book keeping,
elocution and debating. The book keep
ing will be very useful. The perfect wife
who keels her husbands. choice editions
instead of lending them to casual ac-
quaintances is far above rubies. But de-
batting is the hosewifely duty which most
needs cultivation. When a little debate
does occur in the domestic circle ION
milliners' bills, for instance) it is la
mentablc to think how unfairly women
are handicapped by the deficiency of
their education. 1t is the universal opin-
ion of married men that debating power
is perhaps the point in which their wives
are weakest. .-Phihdelphia Times.
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A Chinese B30kGecper.

The Chinese book keeper is curiosity,
as he fourishes on the western coast and
around Portland, Oregon, says Frank
Nicholson in the Globe- Democrat. 1 was
up around there recently, and with the
idea of bringing home some Chinese
curosities, visited several stores and
shops. Some of the biggest merchants
in that country, you know, are Chinese.
I went into one small place where lot
of books were spread out on long coun-
ter. behind which was Chinaman, while
behind a sort of desk at the other end
was another wearcr of the pigtail. The
books looked to Inc like almanacs, if the
Chinese have such things, and, walking
up to the counter, I turned two or three
of them over looking at them to satisfy
myself as to what they were, though, of
course, I couldn't have told if had
looked year. The ink was still wet, as
if hen with linked feet had been walk
ing back and forth over them. This
gave ME the idea that 1 strayed into a
a manufactory of Chinese almanacs, and
noticing the ycl'ow-hued gentleman be-
hind the counter looking at ME, I care
lessly inquired: "How muchce, JohnI"
He looked at ME still, but without reply
ing. elbow muchcc, John2" repeated: :
't'want to buycc." This time Johns
features changed. He actually smiled
as he replied: ''bIe no selle these bookee;
me kcepee countee, tc,lee how muchce
Mclean man owce." had actually been
trying to buy the mans set of books. l
don't know whether he was the keeper
of books for that entire business portion
of the city, but if he wasn't he had books
enough to have kept all of their accounts:
Their system is certainly original, and
different from that with which the Eng
lish book-kceper has to wrest!e.
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Worms in Raw Eggs.

In German paper, Professor Liebe ad-
duces reliable data in answer to the ques-
ton whether living worms are to be
found in hens eggs. A short time
previously his sister had found a
round, thrcad-like worm, the length
of little finger, in the white of
an egg. 1t moved itself il very lively
manner. She at once took the egg to a
druggist, who put the worm in alcohol.
Professor hIobius. of Kicl, decided that
the specimen was an example OF the
thread worm of fowls often found in the
small intestine of the domestic hen.
Only few instances of the existence of
the same in the white of the egg have
been recorded.
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Some Girls Names.

some GlrlS' Names.
Frances, is unrestrained and free";
Bertha, "pellucid, purely bright;
Clara, 'clear" as the crystal sea;
Lucy, a star Of rad:ent light;
Catherine, is pure" as mountain air;
Barbara, cometh from afar';
Mabel, is " like lily fair;
Henrietta, soft, sweet star"
Felicia, is "happy grl";
Matilda, is lady tluen;
Margaret is shining "pearl";
Rebecca, with the faithful few";
Susan, is silly white;
Jane has the ''willow's" curve and grace;
Cecilia, dear, sis dim of sight,;
Sophia, shows "wisdom" on her face.
Constance, is firm and "resolute";
Grace, delicious favor meet;
Charlotte, "noble, of good repute';
Harriet, fine "odor SWEET;
Isabella, is "lady rare";
Lucinda, constant as the day.;
Maria, means "a lady fair;
Abigail, joyful" as the May;
Elizabeth, IAN oath of trust"
Adelina, mice princess, proud;
Agatha, sis truly good and just -;
Letta, " a joy by love avowed."
Jeminla, "a soft sound in air.;
Caroline, "sweet spirit hale
Corneliu, harmonious and fairn;
Selma, ga sweet nightingale";
Lydia, "a refreshing welln;
Judith, I" a song of sacred praise;
Julia, "a jewel none excel":
Priscilla, ''ancient of days"
-NeW York Graphic.